Two Marine Corps veterans playing "Pokemon Go" in Fullerton, California, helped nab a man wanted for attempted murder and other crimes, police said.

Friends Seth Ortega and Javier Soch were playing the wildly popular mobile app game in a park near Wilshire and Pomona avenues Tuesday morning when they noticed a man acting suspiciously toward a woman and her three children, they said.

They kept an eye on the man until officers arrived and arrested him on suspicion of child annoyance. He was identified by the Fullerton Police Department as 39-year-old Jacob Kells.

Fullerton police discovered the Kells was wanted for multiple offenses, including attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. He was being held at the Orange County Jail awaiting transfer to Monterey County.